Crack below rail on FST Spitfire

12-10-2011, 11:57 PM

Hi All,

Just doing some battle damage repair on the Spitfire and have got a crack just below the balsa rail. Was thinking of using UV Cured Fibre Filled Epoxy Resin to fill the crack and prevent water ingress then give a light sand afterwards to ensure I get it smooth.

That's pretty minor so you'd probably get away with sanding the area and then giving it a luck of epoxy to seal it over. However to be 100% safe and to prevent things getting worse I always recommend a small patch of cloth there too.

Rule of thumb, if the crack can be felt by passing your finger nail over it it means that t will need some attention, otherwise a quick job will suffice.
Little sanding to allow for the new epoxy to grab onto and then a little layer and re-sand to finish.
Make sure to always use Epoxy resin

Yeah Drinky, I would sand into that a little bit and use a little cloth. standard small area ding repair procedure, or pay a repair guy to do it and for $30 i bet you get a perfect fix. Might even not see the cracking.

if you do it yourself, you just want to sand into it a bit and try to saturate the "opened" up cracks a bit, give it a minute to settle in and then put your cloth over and allow to cure.

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SolaOn a similar vein (rather than start a new thread) I am going on a trip next year and was wondering what the best dingfixing kit is for the firewires...was thinking of the solarez kit ... http://www.surfstitch.com/product/fc...avel-kit-multi
Any pros/cons....Although I can fix minor dings on conventional boards I am very reticent on the Firewires but this will be ideally to keep the board watertight until I get home.

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not sure where my response went so posting again....going on a 2 week trip next year and looking at what is best for minor repairs just to keep the board from taking on water...when I return to civilisation I would take it to a pro to fix properly. so what is best for these boards? for cracks etc would this be o.k? http://www.surfstitch.com/product/oc...re-epoxy-resin for dings that need some volume fix inside what about http://www.surfstitch.com/product/fc...avel-kit-multi
Sorry, no experience yet (luckily) in fixing these type of boards.